>> good morning. this is al jazeera. these are some of the stories we are following at this hour. a lot of people think something should be done put nobody wants to do it. >> calling himself war weary, but determined president obama is considering limited military strikes. in response to new u.s. intelligence about chemical weapons attacks. the sir january regime remains defind. state controlled t.v. showing images of its military. a run away wild fire burning a national treasure, and the labor day weekend forecast isn't helping firefighters who are trying to get the upper hand in yosemite.

and 19th century art with a twenty-first century twist. you haven't seen van go until you have seen his master works in 3-d. u. n. weapons inspectors have departed syria. their convey arrived in lebanon this morning and headed directly to beirut airport. the inspector spent four days looking for evidence that chemical weapons were used in syria. but their report is expected to take at least two weeks to prepare. for the first time the obama administration unveiled intelligence it says proves chemical weapons killed 1400 syrians. officially the president is still undecided about what to do in syria. but many on servers see missle strikes as unevidentble. some lawmakers say the president

should get consent before ordered strikes. minority leader says the white house has agreed to his request to brief this afternoon. >> president obama is now talking openly of a military response. insisting there is little choice. >> it is important for us to recognize that when over 1,000 people are killed including hundreds of innocent children, through the use of a weapon that 98 or 99% of humanity says should not be used even in war, and there is no action, then we are sending a signal that that international norm doesn't mean much. >> president obama stressed it more than much, any move would

be limited. >> nor are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots oen the grouped. >> secretary of state john kerry also layed out the case against the asaad regime. >> we know where the rockets were launched from. and at what time. we know where they landed. and when. we know rockets came only from regime controlled areas and went only to opposition controlled or contested neighborhoods. >> the administration release add map to go along with that chart. with 12 contested rebel controlled areas displayed as targets of the attack. it was part of a four page intelligence report unclassified and released to the public. among the allegations 129 people were killed by chemical weapons, including saran, aening mo them 426 children. the regime has used the weapons multiple time ms. the last year, mostly in areas where rebels have fought the government to a

stalemate. a stream of bell jens reveals syrian government preparations leading up to the attack. >> so the primary question is really no longer what do we know. the question is what are we, we collectively, what are we h the world going to do about it. >> senior officials say concern about revealing sources restricts how much they can say. one thing not alleged that asaad himself gave the order for the attack, but the officials say there is no doubt that he the decision maker. al jazeera, washington. >> although the obama administration did not release all of its findings it did say its intelligence is based on eyewitness accounts and syrian troop movement. new this morning a response on syria from a key ally of syria's, russian president vladimir putin according to routers he is urging the u.s. not to attack. he also claimed used kem scal weapons on its own people "utter

nonsenses." he calls on the u.s. to present to the u.n. security council, and that president obama should consider the potential innocent victims of an attack on syria. as the obama administration weighs whether to take military action in syria, a new poll suggests americans are divided on whether the u.s. should intervene. the nbc news poll asked americans whether the u.s. should launch an attack on syria in response to the chemical weapons attack four% said yes, but 50% said more. but more supported military action when told the attack would not include ground troops or aircraft. 50% supported that kind of limited attack. 44% opposed it. and when it came to the president seeking congressional approval before launching any attack, nearly eight out of ten people polled by nbc said they want congress to give the president its blessing.

just 16% said congressional approval was unnecessary. paul, i understand the while house is having more consultations. >> the american people seem to want the president to seek approval, congressional blessing, but it isn't at all clear that they are going to give it. this afternoon as we heard last night, first in a tweet from the press office of minority leaders mitch mcconnell, the administration will brief the republican members of the senate again today, this afternoon. about the plan for any attacks on syria. now this comes on the heels of aen conference call, a long conference call, 90 minutes on thursday night. which were characterized as tough, another round of tough questions for the administration about his plan for any attack on

syria. >> so clearly, the president is getting resistence from members of congress. on the u.s. taking military action. is he also getting support from some members of congress? >> there is mixed support, there is mixed support, but again it is mostly a lot of questions about specifics on the plan. how would it be begin, how would it end, what is the end game, and also questions about financial support for an attack. given the current fiscal circumstances. so again a broad range of questions, some muted support, but mostly a lot of push back. >> and i think a lot of those questions you mentioned that congressional members have are the same questions americans have. you heard the latest polling, has the president made his final case to the american people for going it alone? with military strikes in syria, if that is what he decides to do. >> well, what pollsters are saying is that by now most of the american public has heard quite a bit about syria, and had

a chance to form an opinion. so at this point, they are unlikely to change their minds with secretary kerry, and the president both coming out strongly yesterday. if they haven't moved the needle by this point, difficult to say how they might do it going forward even as an attack seems to be looming almost inevitably. >> paul reporting live from the white house, paul, thank you. >> now with more on possible u.s. military strategy, we are joined by mark a military analyst specializing in defense and international affairs he joins us from washington as well. first of all, thank you for joining us, good morning. what do you think would be the type of targets in a limited u.s. military strike on syria. >> that would be going after commanding control. the network for the syrian military to control their actions and for the highest

command including president asaad to give orders and be aware of what is going on on the ground. a particular commanding in control installation, that would be a particularly significant strike would be the presidential palace and fortress that everylooks damascus. which is a huge installation, and is undoubtedly crammed with electronic equipment, and it would certainly send a message to president asaad and that this is personal. on the other hand, it is probably at this point filled with civilians and would therefore have taken itself off the target list. but again, the emphasis would be on command and control, and possibly on some high profile military bases. on the other hand, there have been reports about civilians being transported to those areas to act as human shields.

people have been taken out of prisons to -- and bussed to these installations. so they are going to have an interesting time picking targets which will avoided hitting civilians. >> that is a worrying development that we haven't been able to confirm, of course. we have been talking about the possibility of military strikes for days now. ha this given president asaad time to reposition his military? is that something that is possible? >> oh, absolutely. and again, there have been all sorts of unconfirmed reports but plenty of eyewitness reports coming out of syria about moving military equipment around, and again with the human shield being transported to these areas. the u.s. is giving them plenty of time to move things around and put in safe places the most critical equipment, or people that they want.

it would have been bet fresh a strictly military point of view if they had decided okay, we are going to attack and go right ahead and not give any lead up time, but this is the american way, this is the american system. and thank god the u.s. has it. but again, it is given them plenty of time to consider and to plan and to put into action all sorts of contingency plans for protecting their most valuable installations and most valuable equipment and most valuable people. >> what are the syrian military capabilities to retaliate? would u.s. ship ships in the mediterranean be at risk. >> i very very much doubt it. the ships are going to be too far away for any possible syrian military strikes. and if the syrians were to launch any of their war planes, their chances of survival would be practically nil. up against the u.s. aircraft

carriers and also the antiaircraft missle screens that they would put and i would not give them a very high chance of survivallability. let alone to the u.s. naval warships in the mediterranean. they do have other options which have been discussed a great deal, both on the internet in the media about other ways of retaliating against the united states. at soft targets. hezbollah had made sounds about retaliating against israel if the united states attacks syria. and there are other options that they could reasonably attack the united states without attacking warships. >> unpredictable to be sure. military analyst, thank you so much for joining us this morning. but our robert gray is now

standing by live in beirut lebanon, a city that is now home to thousands of syrian refugees and robert, what are you hearing about what's going on now inside syria? we have sources that are talking to opposition forces that have alerted us that we, of course, the syrian regime is removing stock piles and equipment from places that they feel are potential targets that the u.s. may strike. but what they are telling our sources is that they are moving prisoners opposition forced prisoners that the regime has into those spots that they feel will possibly potentially be bombed and basically the regime will come out and say, this is according to our sources that basically the american government has killed civilians, and that thus there will be an impact based upon that.

it's very tricky, our sources are telling us, and they are talking to opposition forces. >> very difficult to confirm information from coming inside syria. is there a sense where you are in beirut that military action could further destabilized the region, and obviously it is already an unstable region? >> inch deed yes there is concern. there are thousands of refugees crossing the boarder looking for shelter here on the streets here in beirut, the concern is that in fact, if the strikes do not hit specific targets and perhaps go into civilian neighborhoods that there will be a strike p pas hezbollah will be involved. iran, and russia will then take a further stance. >> robert reporting from beirut, thank you so much. syria's president says his country will defend itself in

the face of any adepression. state controlled t.v. has been airing this footage of military weapons and soldiers performing drills with patriotic music. the regime has blamed the august 21st chemical attack on rebels. on friday the syrian government called the u.s. intelligence on the use of chemical weapons fabrication and lies. keep it here on al jazeera for continuing coverage on the crisis in syria. you can also stay up to date on our website al jazeera.com. children and unmarked graves at a notorious boy school may be able to tell their stories. exhume makeses are underway in an attempt to uncover their long held secrets. a supreme occasion, a justice from the highest court many the land will become the first to officiate a same sex wedding. >> it's opening weekend in

college football. johnny may be starting the first half of his game on the bench, but he is poised for a run at the second straight heisman trophy, we will have that story and more coming up in sports. plap

>> researchers are hoping to identify the remains and return hem to their families. warm dry weather in california this holiday weekend could present problems for crews battling the yosemite wild fire. the fire is now more than 30%

contained but over 213,000-acres have been burned and the warmer weather conditions have been hampering their efforts. tourists are still expected in the same parts of the national park, although in much smaller numbers. good morning, america, welcome to labor day weekend. i am not sure what your plans are but i'm sure travel will be incorporated. if crow are tramping along, i five all the way down into los angeles, clear skies. meanwhile, if crow are traveling across the north central planes into the midwest, later on this the day, can we are expecting to security forces severe storms. yesterday, we had close to 100 reports of damaging winds, close to 100 reports of hail as well. and two tornadoes touchdowned. later on in the day we do expect to see a fold front push

through, and also bring the chance for us to see a bit of severe weather. look at the heat. minneapolis climbs to a high of 89 degrees. which is about ten degrees above where they should be. a bit cooler during the last couple of days compared to where we were at the start of the week, but today we will climb to a high of 82. it is doing to be concentrated really across minnesota on into wisconsin and michigan. we are also seeing some rain push into the northeast, later on we will see scattered showers across new england. where some of the rain can be heavy, so if you are traveling, perhapses to see family and end froms you want to use precaution on the roadways. i think the heaviest rain does arrive on sunday. take a look at new york city, sunday on into labor day, we will be in the mid 80's and we will see showers and thunderstorms on into wednesday. meanwhile, if you are traveling across the southwest, i think we will see more moisture, across

arizona into southern portions of utah as well as, unfortunately in yosemite it stays dry with low relative humidity, so that will present a problem for anyone presenting -- anyone out there nighting those blazes. >> the first ever supreme court justice to officiate at a same-sex marriage. she voted in favor of gay marriage during the landmark ruling in june. she will preside over the marriage of her long time friends. today is a big day in college football, but there was some action on friday night, here with sports jessica. >> well, it didn't take long for college football to get a upset, it happened in the opening week, and defending big 12 championship was the first victim. hosting the two time defending championship subdivision champion. ksu clinging to a lead, but north dakota state driving brock

jensen finding zack on there, and a couple of other plays later, jensen bangs his way to the end zone, and he gives the bison the lead. one last chance in the home opener, but jake waters, the passed is picked off. that's it. kansas state is upset at home. meanwhile, we have the rest of the college football world waiting to see how things would unfold with the reigning heisman trophy winner and that's johnny men zell. with ncaa officials regarding his alleged pay for autographs. now the results, he will have to sit things out for the first season opener today. for more on that and a look at the ncaa best conference, we turn to college football writer for yahoo sports. >> texas a&m comes into this year having already lost a lot of dies and johnny has had a really tough off season.

so it's going tock interesting to see how texas a&m jells together. how manzel shakes off this rough off season. can he concentrate on football after everything he has been through? after partying winning the heisman, all this new celebrity and fame, and i think that's what people are most excited to see, is whether johnny can be the excitable player that everybody saw last year, and not be kind of the poster boy for a heisman fail. as he has been this off season. i think what we saw from the s exc already this weekend, proves that this is going to be a formidable conference. you saw vandy, and olemiss play a nail biter, which was really exciting and those aren't even two of top in the conference, i expect a lot out of alabama. i think they are going to show they are the most come innocence team in the conference, it could be kind of violent, and kind of exciting to watch if you are an

alabama fan. if you are a person that wants to see the three pete. >> moving to tennis, serena williams taking yaro from kazakhstan. in top form on friday night. screen that easily won the face set, showing off her strength and agility, and then it was her power game that got impressive. williams has six aces with serves reaching 119 miles per hour. serena now will take on sloan stephen whose is one of only three women to beat here this year. i think regardless when you are playing a player like shodova you have to be focused. i am so excited you guys stayed out for the late night. it is going to be tough. playing so well, and i am always so happy for her. she is always doing great, and regardless, there's definitely going to be one american in the

quarter finals so i'm really excited about that. and really proud of sloan, and it will be a good match. >> and that's a look at sports. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead, a new take on an old master. vincent van go's masterpieces like you have never seen them before.

♪ . >> a museum in amsterdam is producing replicas of van gogh paintings so detailed few can tell the difference. reports from amsterdam. >> look but don't touch. the golden fallry rule. tens of millions of dollars worth of art in that frame alone. no wonder this oil masterpiece is well protected from oily fingers. not this one, though, spot the difference? it is very difficult to do so. almost impossible. the one on the right is a relivo. a 3-d replica where every strike has been replicated. 19th century art, twenty-first century style. >> to make one it takes about three months of production. so that gives a hint of how

difficult it is. yo uh can only do it if you have access to the real painting. so the real painting needs to be scanned which is of course, also you have to do that with really handle with care. >> two very different marketing first of all you have those people that want to experience the art, don't forget painting is 124 years old, crow can't touch it. >> but you can touch this, the idea is these will appeal to those that want to feel the art. those who are visually impaired students people who want to touch a and then you have the people that want to own the art. >> an original like this is worth somewhere in the region of $50,000 it isn't for sale. if you want one of these, or one of these, you will need to fight andy murray $30,000. however, for those that can afford it it is the nearest they will ever get to owning a

genuine article. >> great for them, but great for art in general, it is the critics that need convincing. >> it devalues the originals. if you can see a great reproduction, why would you still do to a mow seem to see the original? >> despite the similarities there is one major difference. >> this is not actual oil, this is not paint. >> no, it's a kind of really special -- well described best as a kind of inc.. >> which makes it pricy for what you are getting but also incredible my unique, only a small number are being produced most will have to settle for a smaller significantly cheaper print instead. at al jazeera, amsterdam. >> and that will do it for this edition of al jazeera news, in new york, alley bell she is next with real money, and remember, stay with al jazeera for the very latest on developments in syria, you can also catch the latest on our website, that is

al jazeera.com. thank you for watch having a great morning. begin to take effect? >> reporter: the laws do not go . (footballnames.ecl)